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Bitcoin's contribution to Africa

May 9, 20226 min read

Bitcoin’s influence in Africa Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency with the goal of decentralizing payments through a trustless protocol, is currently reshaping...

Bitcoin's contribution to Africa

Understanding Bitcoin Taproot

Jul 11, 20227 min read

Schnorr signatures · Taproot is a soft fork of the Bitcoin network which led to the creation of several Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs), the most...

Understanding Bitcoin Taproot

Point Time Locked Contracts (part two)

May 31, 20225 min read

In the last article, I wrote about what PTLCs are, how they improve on HTLCs, and gave technical examples showing their intricacies and arguing their...

Point Time Locked Contracts (part two)

Point Time Locked Contracts (part one)

May 29, 20228 min read

This article is the first in a two-part series which aims to explain some of the technicalities of Lightning Network PTLCs and how they compare with...

Point Time Locked Contracts (part one)

My Journey into Bitcoin

May 17, 20223 min read

“Heraclitus, I believe, says that all things pass and nothing stays, and comparing existing things to the flow of river, he says you could not step...

My Journey into Bitcoin

Lightning invoice vs Bitcoin address

Apr 29, 20225 min read

A comparison · Bitcoin and lightning are so linked that their essential ideas are nearly identical. Payment receipt procedures are a unique and crucial...

Lightning invoice vs Bitcoin address